Improvement in advertising-frames



B. s. MOUL-TON.

Advertising Frames No. 1324314. Patented oc:.15,1's72.

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BEVERLY S. MOULTON, OF BANVERS, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN ADVERTISING-FRAMES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 132,314, dated October 15, 1872.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, BEVERLY S. MOULTON,

of Danvers, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Advertising-Frames, of which the following is a specification:

The object of this invention is to provide a cheap, safe, and convenient means for inserting and protecting advertisements or railroad time-tables; and it consists of an exterior frame, provided with one or more interior hinged frames, which admit of being opened from the front side of the exterior frame, for

- the introduction or removal of advertisements,

railroad time-tables, or other similar notices, said doors being provided with suitable looks or catches, so that unauthorized persons would be prevented from removing or defacing the same. For greater convenience the backs of the frames are hinged also; these hinged frames .are provided with glass, 0 c, to protect. their contents, and maybe located in any portion of the exterior frame desirable.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention as applied, showing one interior frame partially open.

A is the exterior frame, provided with two cross-pieces, H G, to the latter of which is connected the top of the upright D, having a button or lock, S. B B represent two interior frames, connected to the frame Aby hinges a n. O is the hinged back piece, connected to the frame B by hinges P P; and t is a hasp for fastening the same.

-\Vhat I claim, is

The hinged interior frames B B, provided with hinged backs 0, combined with frame A, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

BEVERLY S. MOULTON. iVitnesses:

W. BRUCE MAsrEn-s, SOLON BANCROFT. 

